No Class Thursday, August 28, 2008

I'll be at the American Political Science Association (APSA) conference in Boston this weekend, so no class on Thursday.

"House Effects" in Polling

Since it's an election year, we'll be talking a lot about the presidential election and its effects on International Relations and American Foreign Policy. To start this discussion, considering this really interesting post about "house effects" in the polling data. Here is a bit more complicated (but also very interesting!!) post on how to think about polling results.

Class Notes -- Chapter 2 (Evaluating Theories)

Here are the notes for today's class.

Class Notes -- World Views in AFP

Here are the notes for today's class.

Worldviews and Foreign Policy

Here is the Michalak reading for Tuesday's American Foreign Policy class.

Syllabus for PSC204, International Relations

Here is the syllabus for PSC204, International Relations, Fall 2008.

Syllabus for PSC413, American Foreign Policy

Here is the syllabus for PSC413, American Foreign Policy, during the Fall 2008 semester.

Class Notes -- Grand Strategy and Restraint

Here are the notes for today's class.

PSC413 Final Exam Questions

Here are possible questions for the final exam Friday, August 8th.

PSC204 Final Exam Questions

Here are 10 possible exam questions for PSC204. Good luck!

Class Notes -- Terrorism

Here are the notes for today's class.

Summary Statistics for Exam 2

The results are in for the second exam. Here is an answer key for the exam, and here are some brief summary statistics:

Total Number of Exams: 24
Mean score: 76.25 (after the curve)
Range: 53 to 104 (the full description is below)

CURVE: There is a 6 point curve for this test.

UPDATED data below...

var1 | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
53 | 1 4.17 4.17
58 | 2 8.33 12.50
62 | 2 8.33 20.83
65 | 1 4.17 25.00
69 | 1 4.17 29.17
70 | 1 4.17 33.33
71 | 1 4.17 37.50
73 | 1 4.17 41.67
77 | 1 4.17 45.83
78 | 2 8.33 54.17
79 | 1 4.17 58.33
80 | 2 8.33 66.67
81 | 1 4.17 70.83
83 | 1 4.17 75.00
84 | 1 4.17 79.17
88 | 1 4.17 83.33
89 | 1 4.17 87.50
91 | 1 4.17 91.67
97 | 1 4.17 95.83
104 | 1 4.17 100.00

Class Notes -- Air Power and also Refuge Crises

Here are the notes for today's class: part I and part II.